GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| warrant | sanction |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |